DR - Cork Past and Present

142 CLONMEEN . [CLOYNE.
belongs to the (Economy. Incumbent , James Hingston, A.M.
Curate , Redmond Morres, A.B. [Hingston.]
1774. Roskeen, vie. in the bar. of Duhallow; value, X30 per
ann. Church in ruins . Pat., the Bishop. Proxy, 3s. Taxed
in the King's books by the name of Roskryne, £1 lOs. ster.
Incumb., Redmond Morres, A.B. The rect. is imp. William
Holmes Pomeroy, Imp. Proxy, 3s. [Ilingston.]
1774. Kilcorney , rect. ands vie. in the bar. of Muskerry;
value, £70 per ann. Church in ruins. Pat., the Bp. Glebe,
13A. OR. 38p. Proxy, Is. 6d. The rect. formerly belonged to
the Preceptory of Mourne, and pays lls. per ann. crown-rent.
Incumbent, Redmond Mlorres, A.B. [Hingston.]
1776. Oct. 10. REDMOND MORRES, A.B. (vice Hingston, deceased),
V. Clonmeen. [F.F.]
1785. Protestant population of Clonmeen, Roskeen, and Kilcorney
, 1. [Morres.]
R. Morres (second son of Redmond Morres, of Dublin) was,
from 1771 to 1794, R. V. Kilcorney, and V. Roskeen ; and from
1776 to 1791, V. Clonmeen.
He was brother of the first VISCOUNT FRANKFORT DE MoNTxoit
xcY; and for his marriage and issue, tide Burke's Peerage,
page 415, edition of 1849.
1794. Feb. 15. HENRY NEWMAN (vice Morris, deceased), V. Clonmeen
and Roskeen, and R. V. Kilcorney. [F.F.] In 1799 he
became It. V. Kilshannig, q. v.
1799. -larch 22. Fs _Ncis HEWIT (r ice Newman, resigned), V. Clonmeen,
Roskeen, and R. V. Kilcorney. [F.F.] In 1808 lie
became V. Clonfert, q. v.
1805, There were 8 Protestant families in the union in this
year. [Abp. Bred.]
1807. Hewett resides in adjoining parish. Rev. George
Stannard is Curate at £50. [Ike p.]
1808. Sept. 12. EDWARD SINGE TOw\SEND (Mice Hewit, resigned),
V. Clonmeen and Roskeen. [F.F.]
E. S. Townsend (eldest son of Rev. 11. Townsend, P. Donoghmore
, Cloyne, from 1732 to 1772), was born on 18th January,
1741. He was licensed on 11th July, 1765, to the curacy of
Donoghmore; on 6th July,
July, 11-72, to that of Inncarra r1768, ; to and that on of 23rd Jlacroom; April, 1773, on 18th to
that of Clondrohid.
From 1781 to 1789 he was R. V. Ballyvonrnev ; from 1789
to 17 93, R. V. Whitechurch ; and from 1793 to 1799, R. Y.
Ballvvournev. He was also, from 1793 to 1808, R. V. Clondrohid
; and from 1808 to 1819, V. Clonmeen and Roskeen.
Ile was also, from 1788 to 1789, R. lr. Natblash and Kildorrery
; and from 1789 to 1799, P. Killenemer.
Ile married, on 2nd Oct., 176G, Elisabeth, daughter of Horatio
Townsen d, who was of Bridgernount, Otherwise Cahirkegan,
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near Macroom , the fourth son of John Fitz-Cornelius Townsend,
by John's wife, Margaret Bowdler. John was the eldest son and
heir of Cornelius , who was the youngest son of Colonel Richard
Townsend (vide V. Holy Trinity, Cork, 1707-1735, the Rev.
Philip l'ownsend). Edward-Synge Townsend had eight sons
and six daughters , and was seated for many years at Bridgemount,
as above . He died at Kinsale, January 2, 1819, aged
seventy -eight years ; his widow died at the same town, April
12, 1831, aged eighty-eight years.
Edward-Synge Townsend 's eldest son , Horatio, Barrister-at-
Law, married, December 5, 1799, Elizabeth-Trelaw-ney, only
daughter of Lieut.-General Townsend, of Upper \Vimpole-street,
London, who was the third son of Samuel Townsend, of Whitehall,
near Skibbereen. Horatio Townsend had seven sons and
five daughters. He died at Cork, January 17, 1824; his widow
died at Bath, February 2, 1855. Their eldest son, Major
Edward Townsend, of Her Majesty's 83rd Regiment, married,
December 29, 1840, Isabella, daughter of the Rev. Horatio
Townsend, of Derry, near Rosscarbery (vile C-'are i,al ne C(wk,
1803-1837) , and died without issue,June 2, 1851, at Kurrachee,
in India. The second son of Iloratio and Elizabeth-Trelawney
Townsend, Horatio, is a Barrister-at-Law. The third surviving
son, Aubrey, B.D., is in holy orders, and is at this date Curate
of AV, ick St. Lawrence, Somerset. The youngest son, John, is
a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy; and married, April 28, 1857,
-Marianne-Oliver, eldest daughter of the Rev. C. C. Townsend
(see liitnzaa7ert Russ, 1810-1352), and has issue two sons,
Jahn-Chambre-Oliver, and Edward-Hansel.
For other sons of Edward-Synge Townsend, viz., Richard and
Philip, see liileolenat, 1801-1308, and Ailcoruey, 1808-1853.
Edward-Synge Townsend's fourth daughter, Grace, was married
to the Rev. Henry Wilson Stewart, LL.D. (see Templeontnlus
Ross), with issue surviving at this date one son,
Edward-Synge Townsend Stewart, who is married, with issue.
Edward-Synge Townsend's sixth daughter, Helena-Herbert,
was married to George-Digby Daunt, of Kinsale, with issue
surviving at this (late, one daughter, Elizabeth-Alicia, unmarried;
and two sons, Thomas Townsend Daunt, Barristerat-Law,
of Plymouth and Edward-Hynge-Townsend Daunt,
Vicar of St. Stephen's, near Launceston, Cornwall, who are
severally married, with issue.
1819. Feb. 23. BENJAMIN BLRTON JOHNSON, An. (vice Townsend,
deceased), V. Clounreen and lioskeeu. [F.F.] He was also
P. Lackeen, q. v.
1830. Protestant population of Clonmeen, 98 ; of Roskeen, 9.
1837. Clonrueen union : 10 miles long by 8 broad, with cure,
consisting of-1. Clonrueen vicarage ; 2. Ros keen vicarage.
The union contains 20,824.. Gross population, 5,935. No